will always pick up pennies…I guess I remember my Dad giving us a dollar for something
and even if there was just one or two pennies left…
his hand came out …and we knew to give it to him…
but, in turn…he always had that dollar to hand us …if we needed something…

oh, Marilyn, that is a very good thing for a papa to do…something so small yet his generous heart will always be a treasured memory. i love that! thanks for sharing…hope some parent will pick up on this wonderful hint on child raising…♥

See a penny, pick it up … Always runs through my mind when I see loose change. I love walking around all day with a weary, grungy penny snug in my pocket that I rescued from a parking lot or sidewalk. I only knew the first part of the saying. Thanks, Sunshine, for the second part. Now I’ll be passing on the luck!

i like your thought that we rescue these lost small change instead of ignoring and walk away…oh, and you are welcome for the verse. hey, btw, i don’t know if you had a chance to read this post: http://wp.me/p17CbR-5b “Childhood up in Smoke” by Oystein & Otto’s blog. you were on my mind as i read it. it was an interesting, eye-opening post.
thanks for sharing, Lisa. ♥

Pick up those pennies. If anything you are cleaning the streets. In college, when everyone was moving out of our apartments, someone left a pickle jar of pennies in the dumpster. It sat there for days. Finally, our upstairs neighbor grabbed the jar and rolled the change. It was over 100 dollars! There was a fresh $100 dollar bill sitting in the trash for 3 days and no one picked it up, not to mention the luck. {{{hugs]}} Kozo

are you kidding me?? a jar of pennies and no one picked it up for days?!? that is incredible! keeping our environment clean is important, so yes, i will pick up every loose change that comes my way. 🙂 thanks for sharing a college day moment, Kozo…i’m still shaking my head in disbelief. ♥

Picking up pennies means luck in my country and I always pick them up, even if it wasn’t lucky, I guess. I ahve a jar where pennies go in and after a while I share it between the children. We have a saying in Germany: if you don’t value the penny you are not worth the pound.

excellent saying on the value of a penny, Ute…i love this German thinking! now, the idea of saving the loose change in a jar to share with the children i bet is a memory your children will always remember. thank you so much for sharing this tip. peace+love♥